How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used this for writing and Maths. We also did vege art. Due to our school being a country school we were able to incorporate our knowledge into flower day and create interesting vege creations.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We made a vege soup which the children all tried and now that our veges are growing in the school garden the children are keen to try veges straight from the ground!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? These Year 2 children certainly learnt to identify a wider variety of vegetables

“Fantastic resources that hooked the kids straight in. I love that there was a wide variety of plants”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Art, drawing your vegetable. Health - Healthy eating maths - graphing the growth of plants

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Some. Some children families have engaged in what we were doing but not alot

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some. Not all children were interested in what each vegetable was.

“Kids loved watching the plants grow and were amazed at the speed some plants grew”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lots of opportunities to write about what they did. Maths - graphing Science - Life cycle of a plant

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We are always encouraging our children to have healthy choices in their lunchbox. We have fruit breaks at school etc. This just helps them to realise that maybe they could try growing their own vegetables at home.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children know the more obvious vegetables and have been introduced to those less well known and not purchased bu their parents.

“The students I did this with enjoyed the planting. We just added it to our school garden. Many children had never planted a seed and so the were eager to give it a go. Not all of our seeds germinated however, for various reasons but the process is always very valuable. A lot have become interested in our gardening group and planting our school garden”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used statistics from the mathematics curriculum. We compared how many people had the dame seed pack, who liked eating vegetables.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My students love to eat raw fresh vegetables. They ofen pick vegetable from the school garden.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? There was some difficulty with this as some plants look very much the same. Some students had never heard of a lot of the varieties.

“This is the third time I have used this kit and this year didn't disappoint. I did have to adapt a lot of the lessons for my Year 1 class however that didn't interfere with the enthusiasm the children had for learning about growing their plants. We are currently just winding up with a tasting on a variety of vegetables on Friday of this week.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This kit was great and learning went into All curriculum areas. As we were heading into friendships and looking after ourselves etc so great to see comparisons and use our new garden knowledge to share with others and build friendships etc

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Lunch boxes are changing and have more veges. They are becoming more aware of their importance

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? There was a number of kids who learned about new veges for the very first time.

“Great resources. Kids loved it especially the anticipation of another message etc As a teacher though our team found it quite tricky due to the amount of stuff to sieve through to find out how it all worked and when etc. Email/ website needs to be simplified”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Health, PE, science

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? How different vegetables affect different parts of bodies, how we could improve our health, which vegetables can keep us fuller for longer or how much sugar can be in healthy food - difference between natural and artificial sugars

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots of kids used this as an opportunity to try new vegetables and get their hands dirty.

“Amazing resource to use with any year group. There’s extensive information and resources to use and read for both teacher and students. I loved the bunting and posters that came with the toolkit too”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We did science activities about pests, pants and soil which was amazing to explore.

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It helped students to give new foods a try and be open-minded.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The card game is a great resource and gaps in the knowledge of veggies came to light.

“The whole class loves the coding activity and learning about photosynthesis. We researched the vegetables and herbs each student looks after and as homework they had to cook a dish containing their special ingredient. The all time favourite was the choc chip sundae with caramelised popcorn!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths and science

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They wanted to try new things and especially their vegetables they ate growing. We had some shared lunch with veggies as ours are not ready to harvest yet.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They learnt new vegetables they hadn't heard before or seen.

“Great kit to inspire young learners to try new things and how to look after plants and a vege garden. The children loved measuring their plants and checking on the daily. We have planted them in a school vege patch and can't wait to harvest them! Great resources and story to inspire!”

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Posted 2 years ago

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